VET­ERAN CPI LEADER AB BARD­HAN PASSES AWAY

NEW DELHI: For­mer gen­eral sec­re­tary of the Com­mu­nist Party of In­dia and a doyen of In­dia’s Left­ist move­ment, AB Bard­han, 92, passed away here on Satur­day. He was ad­mit­ted to GB Pant hos­pi­tal here af­ter suf­fer­ing a par­a­lytic stroke last month.